Open AccessFailure Rates of Autograft and Allograft ACL Reconstruction in Patients 19 Years of Age and Younger
Author(s) -
Aristides I. Cruz,
Jennifer J. Beck,
Matthew Ellington,
Stephanie W. Mayer,
Andrew T. Pennock,
Zachary Stinson,
Curtis VandenBerg,
Brooke Barrow,
Burke Gao,
Henry B. Ellis
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jb and js open access
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.786
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 2472-7245
DOI - 10.2106/jbjs.oa.20.00106
Subject(s) - medicine , anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction , meta analysis , hamstring , surgery , medline , cohort study , cohort , anterior cruciate ligament , political science , law
Graft choice for pediatric anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) is determined by several factors. There is limited information on the use and outcomes of allograft ACLR in pediatric patients. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to quantify reported failure rates of allograft versus autograft ACLR in patients ≤19 years of age with ≥2 years of follow-up. We hypothesized that there would be higher rates of failure for allograft compared with autograft ACLR in this population.